Jan, I'm fixing to make a really happy genealogist out of you! In "History of Bienville Parish, Vol. I" is your Greer family and your Holland family! Check this out! GREER--- James Greer, born about 1627, Dumfriesshire, Scotland was transported to Maryland 2 November 1675 by Samuel Gibbons of Bristol England. James married Ann TAYLOR about 1681, daughter of ARTHUR TAYLOR and MARGARET HILL, grand-daughter of JOHN TAYLOR, an Englishman who came to America 1 August 1659, with his wife Margaret and children. James died about 1688 in Baltimore Co. MD. Their known son was John Greer, born about 1682 on the Big Falls of Gunpowder River, Baltimore Co. MD. John GREER mar. SARAH LOWE, born about 1663. Their son (fourth son of nine children), was JOHN GREER JR. born 1714 in Baltimore Co. MD. He mar. NANCY ANN WALKER or LOWE in 1736. He moved to Pittsylvania Co. Va., then to Wilkes Co. NC where he died 7 July 1782. John Jr. had nine children. One was JESSE GREER born about 1779 in Wilkes Co. NC. Jesse fought in Revolutionary War as a Captain in the militia. He was scalped by Indians in 1788 leaving 5 minor children.His wife was JUDITH HAMPTON whom he married in Wilkes Co. 14 August, 1779. His son, JOHN GREER, was born 7 December 1783, Wilkes Co. He moved near Mammoth Cave KY after 1803. John mar. SARAH PUCKETT 10 Oct 1806 in Glasgow, Barren Co. Ky. Sarah was born 14 Oct 1787 in SC, daughter of EPHRAIM PUCKETT and ANNIE ALLEN. John and Sarah moved from Ky. to Pike Co. MS. about 1822. John's only brother, Jesse Greer, moved to Pike Co. also. John and Sarah moved to Union Parish La.where he lived until his death, 6 Dec 1855.Some of their 14 children came to La. with them, some stayed in MS. Their oldest son, Jesse Greer was born 29 August near Mammoth Cave KY. JESSE mar DILILAH SISTRUNK about 1827, Pike Co. MS. They moved to Bienville Parish where they are in the 1870, 1880 census. Dililah was born 23 Feb 1809 and died 4 July 1896. Jesse died 20 Jan 1894. Both buried in Providence Cem., just out of Ringgold on Jamestown Highway. Children: Jefferson Greer, MARGARET GREER (married second Zackariah Slaughter), Sarah Ann Greer, Samantha Greer, Delilah Greer, Jesse Greer, Philonia Greer, Mary Frances Greer, William Martin "Buck" Greer. This may also be your HOLLAND family.....the dates are right for him to be a brother of your John... James A. Holland, born April 3, 1827....parents were GEORGE K. HOLLAND and MARTHA A. MAXEY, mar Claiborne Co. MS, April 17, 1824. His parents are not known to me. Her parents were NATHANIEL MAXEY, JR., born in Buckingham Co. Va. in 1768, and SARAH WORSHAM, born in 1780, Va.,daughter of HENRY AND MARTHA WORSHAM. Parents of Nathaniel Maxey Jr. were NATHANIEL MAXEY and RUTH FORD. Ruth born 14 Feb 1745, daughter of JAMES FORD (FAURE) and ANN BONDURANT of Manakin Town Va. (Lots of info on them in the books, Jan) Nathaniel was son of WILLIAM and MARY MAXEY. William died 1768 in Cumberland Co. Va., he was the fifth child of EDWARD and SUSANNAH MAXEY. Edward died 1740, Goochland Co. Va. Susannah died 1743, Goochland Co. See, brick walls can fall! Wish some of mine would.... Lynelle Cowan Stevenson, Bienville Parish Co-ordinator >LABIENVI-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 11 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [LABIENVI-L] Holland Slaughter [JSumrall@webtv.net (J. Mallory Gra] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from LABIENVI-D, send a message to > > LABIENVI-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:50:01 -0500 (CDT) >From: JSumrall@webtv.net (J. Mallory Grace Jr.) >To: LABIENVI-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <474-3716A559-4876@postoffice-282.iap.bryant.webtv.net> >Subject: [LABIENVI-L] Holland Slaughter >Content-Disposition: Inline >Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > >Jackson(John)Holland was b. 1829 in Ms. and came to La. before 1850. >Married Margaret Greer, 25-June-1850. They had 8 children. Jackson d. >in the Civil War. The family was not on the census of 1860(think it was >destoyed) nd she and her children were not on 1870. She did not >remarry until her children were grown., Then married Frank Slaughter, >10-Jan-1890 . I do not know when she died, If there was a wll or what. >Would appreciate any help that anyone can give. This has been my brck >wall. >Jan >